Today Puppet Gallery Vakhtanov (CHA) offers a thematic exhibition copyright dolls and bears

Today, May 12 at 17.30 in the Puppet Gallery Vakhtanov (Hall № 2 in attic storey CHA) will open a thematic exhibition of copyright dolls and bears "S.S.S.R.: Fate. Family. Happiness. Joy ».

In recent times you can hear the words" How well was then! "Not only from the veterans, but also from the thirties. Nostalgia for the Soviet past is becoming commonplace, we often remember our childhood and youth, which took place in a country that no longer existed.

organizers of the exhibition of dolls and bears "SSS R.: Fate. Family. Happiness. Joy suggested that artists express in their works, the doll and teddy bear, happy and memorable moments of our childhood and youth, family holidays, happy event, that is all something that we remember fondly. For many of us all Soviet - this feeling of happiness, which only happens in childhood.

Complementing the exhibition of about 700 scanned in black and white photographs of the Soviet period from family albums of our artists. If these photos taken by our fathers and mothers, grandparents, friends, acquaintances and relatives, to build in chronological order, for him, perhaps, you can study the history of the USSR. Looking at old pictures of pets, suddenly was acutely understand: life is amazingly fast, and today our days, weeks, years - this is important, undeniable wealth. Each photo - it is a separate destiny, happy or not, interesting or plain, but these black and white yellowed pictures touched our hearts. They talk about how we loved, studied, worked, fought, brought up their children, organized gay events, participated in the pioneering charges, remind us of carefree childhood, show young parents, funny, children's clothes, my grandmother and grandfather at the festive table, a hiking or in war. Just a few photos from the war. Unfortunately, not all veterans found the strength to even at the time to part with heirlooms. On the worn photo frames during the war - a funny smiling faces captured in the brief moments of rest or respite between battles.

addition to the author of dolls, teddy bears and photographs, the exhibition can be seen household items, clothing and material culture of the Soviet period, several dresses 1960 Slava Zaitsev , vintage hats from the personal collection of Violetta Litvinova as well as a slide show using slide projectors Soviet.

exhibition is open until May 20, daily except Monday, from 11.00 to 20.00.

Source : Press Release Puppet Galleries Vakhtanov